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Police escort Aaron Hernandez from his home in handcuffs in Attleboro, Mass., on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, in this image taken from video. Hernandez was arrested more than a week after a Boston semipro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's house. (AP Photo/ESPN)

Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election has cost $6.7 million during the first four and a half months of the probe. Click to see past independent counsel investigations guilty of racking up high bills.